On 2011-09-09 09:52, Andrew Schulman wrote:
In a new installation, we have to write an (ugh) MSDOS CMD script, since bash
isn't available. One
way around that would be to install just the base, then run a bash script, but
I decided to bite the
bullet and write a CMD script that would do it
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Warren Young wrote:
Step 2: A script that can write out such a script to clone an existing
installation. Just translate the contents of /etc/setup/installed.db to the
form --packages wants.
Step 3: Modify the script to find the last-used setup.ini
I just had to reinstall Cygwin on a reimaged computer, and decided to finally
tackle the automated
installation. I didn't find any recent posts on the topic, so here's my
solution.
In a new installation, we have to write an (ugh) MSDOS CMD script, since bash
isn't available. One
way around
Andrew Schulman wrote:
Nirvana. A one-click new Cygwin installation, with all of my favorite
packages. I hope it's useful to others.
Excellent, thanks for doing the leg work. I had been thinking about this off
and on for a couple years but never got around to it.
Eric
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On 9/9/2011 7:52 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
Here's what mine looks like:
setup.exe ^
--no-shortcuts ^
--quiet-mode ^
--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
--packages ^
aria2,^
atool,^
autoconf,^
automake,^
autossh,^
Step 2: A script that can write out such a script to clone an existing
installation.
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 01:26:27PM -0600, Warren Young wrote:
On 9/9/2011 7:52 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
Here's what mine looks like:
setup.exe ^
--no-shortcuts ^
--quiet-mode ^
--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
--packages ^
aria2,^
atool,^
autoconf,^
automake,^
autossh,^
Step 2: A script
Christopher Faylor sent the following at Friday, September 09, 2011 4:32 PM
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 01:26:27PM -0600, Warren Young wrote:
On 9/9/2011 7:52 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
Here's what mine looks like:
setup.exe ^
--no-shortcuts ^
--quiet-mode ^
--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
On 2011-09-09 13:52Z, Andrew Schulman wrote:
[...]
setup.exe ^
--no-shortcuts ^
--quiet-mode ^
--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
--packages ^
aria2,^
atool,^
I wanted to make a similar .BAT file write a custom /etc/fstab as well,
so I needed it to wait for 'setup' to finish first. This worked
On 9/9/2011 2:34 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
I do not think that you need Step 3.
You might, if the installed package set overruns some low command line
length limit somewhere. (This is just the pain of past burns speaking
here, not current knowledge.)
Also, I wasn't
On 9/9/2011 3:02 PM, Greg Chicares wrote:
echo some_custom_record fstab
This mythical clone-installation script which I am not writingmaybe
it should optionally clone fstab, too?
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Greetings, Christopher Faylor!
I might volunteer. This has come up often enough that it seems like
it would be a useful thing to have.
How about just pointing setup.exe to the (copy of) installed.db and let it
solve it's own problems?
Since it's creating it, I assume, it can read it just as
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 04:34:53PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
wrote:
Christopher Faylor sent the following at Friday, September 09, 2011 4:32 PM
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 01:26:27PM -0600, Warren Young wrote:
On 9/9/2011 7:52 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
Here's what mine looks like:
setup.exe ^
--no-shortcuts ^
--quiet-mode ^
--disable-buggy-antivirus ^
--packages ^
aria2,^
atool,^
autoconf,^
automake,^
autossh,^
Step 2: A script that can write out such a script to clone an existing
installation. Just translate the contents of /etc/setup/installed.db
On 5/27/06, Jarl Friis wrote:
Would it be an idea to have my question on the cygwin FAQ.
I had resisted this since it didn't really come up all that often
and setup.exe is really only designed to be interactive, but
it's been coming up... frequently:
Hi Igor.
Igor Peshansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The file is called /etc/setup/installed.db. Simply copy it to the same
location on the other machine, then edit it and change all version numbers
to 0.0-0. That will ensure that you install the latest versions of the
same set of packages.
On 05/27/2006, Jarl Friis wrote:
Igor Peshansky pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu writes:
^^^
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks.
The file is called /etc/setup/installed.db. Simply copy it to the same
location on the other machine, then
Hi.
I have the following issue and according to google it seems like I am
not the first one.
I would like to tailor a package selection with the setup.exe utility,
when that is done, I would like to make unattended installations of
these packages on many machines.
It seems like many people have
Jarl Friis wrote:
Hi.
I have the following issue and according to google it seems like I am
not the first one.
I would like to tailor a package selection with the setup.exe utility,
when that is done, I would like to make unattended installations of
these packages on many machines.
It seems
Hi Larry, thanks for the reply.
Larry Hall (Cygwin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jarl Friis wrote:
Hi.
I have the following issue and according to google it seems like I am
not the first one.
I would like to tailor a package selection with the setup.exe
utility,
when that is done, I would
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Jarl Friis wrote:
Hi Larry, thanks for the reply.
Larry Hall (Cygwin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ugh, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. Thanks.
Jarl Friis wrote:
Hi.
I have the following issue and according to google it seems like I am
not the first one.
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